9 track tape drive motors - suitable for a go-kart?

Brad> This has only a little to do with classic computing, but it Brad> seems like it could generate epic amounts of email, so what the Brad> heck... Brad> Does anything know much about the construction and capacity of Brad> a typical 9 track tape drive motor? Like the big 1 foot x 6" Brad> tubes which I've seen a kennedy or DEC drive? Brad> I don't know anything about how they are constructed, but I Brad> assume they are high RPM and high torque. And probably some Brad> sort of DC stepper. Brad> I have a racing go-kart frame which is currently missing a Brad> motor (a CRG if anyone cares). It occurred to me that it might Brad> be fun to grab a large number of high capacity batteries and Brad> somehow rig one of the tape drive motors to the live axle. I Brad> assume via a reduction gear and chain. I believe they are servo motors, not steppers. Yes, pretty high torque. Not all that high RPM for the reel motors, higher for the capstan motor (if you're looking at vacuum column drives with start-stop capstans, as opposed to streaming drives, or drives like the 360-era IBM ones that had continuously turning capstans and solenoids that would push the tape against the capstan). I would assume they only a few hundred watts if that -- considering that they are run from low voltage supplies (12 volts or so) with drive transistors that are likely to be good for order of 10 amps or thereabouts. Not bad for spinning tape drive parts, but probably not good enough for a go-kart. Maybe Tesla has some castoffs? :-) Now *that* is a high power motor... paul